Hammer for welding locomotive-frames



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JIR. JAMES.

HAMMER FOR WELDING LOGOMOTIVE FRAMES. No. 332,533.

Patented Deo.'15,'1885.'

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J. R. JAMES.

HAMMER FOR WELDING LOGOMOTIVE FRAMES.

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No. 332,536. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

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JOHN R. JAMES, OF DUNKIRK, NEWV YORK.

HAMMER FOR WELDING LOCOMOTlVE-FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332.536, dated December 15, 1885.

Application filed May 5, 1885. Serial No. 164,484.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J only R. James, of Dunkirk, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Velding Locomotive-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to weld locomotive-frames with a steam-hammer.

The invention consists of the construction and operation of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of my invention. Fig. 2is a sectional plan View on the lines :0 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the hammer-head with dies for welding the dabs on the legs of the pedestals of the frames, the front plate being removed. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of thejjhammer-hea-d, showing the leg (in dotted lines) inserted between the dies. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the lines y y of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the hammer-block with front plate removed, and showing a die for welding the braces to the locomotive-frames. Fig. 7 is a bottom View of the die shown in Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 is a Vertical section on the lines 2 z of Fig. 6.

On a base-plate, A, is mounted near its center a steam-hammer, B, having the standards BB, provided on their front edges with grooved guides 13 B in which slides the hammer-head 0, provided with removable plates 0 O, carrying the various dies used in welding the different parts of the locomotiveframe. The anvil D is provided with an extension, D, placed between the standards B B, and fastened by a bolt and nut, D to the base-plate of the hammer B. The bolt D passes through a slot, D in the extension D, whereby the anvil is made adjustable, so as to weld on the center of the anvil D, or on its front horn, D when desired. The anvil D is provided on its top with guide-stops a a, against which rests the rear edge of the pedestal of the locomotive-frame while being welded, and is provided on each side with pivoted catches b, to hold the pedestal of the Grouped in a locomotive-frame in place.

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circle around the hammer B are furnaces E, E, and E", of which the main furnace E is placed in front of the steam-hammer B, and is provided with two fires and used for heating the main frame and the braces; and the furnaces E and E are placed on each side to the rear of the steanrhamrner B, and are used for heating the legs of the pedestals. To each outer side of the standards B is at tached a davit, F, for lifting and swinging the legs of the pedestals to and from the hammer B and the furnaces E and E The base-plate A is provided with a swinging crane, G, provided with chains, pulleys, runners, &c., to which the pedestal of the locomotive-frame is attached near its ends, so as to be easily n1anipulated under the anvilD and swung to and from the anvil D to the main furnace E to be heated. The side plates, 0 G, are provided near the lower end with steel pins H H, passing through both plates 0 and held in the same in any suitable manner. On the pin H is placed a bushing, H for forging the rounded outside part of the pedestal to which the legs are welded, and on the pin H is placed the die H shaped to forge the inclined inside of the pedestal. The die H is provided with a vertical extension, H*, through which passes a pin, H which holds the die H in place between the plates (J O, the pin H being fastened in the plates 0 G. A center bar, I, is fastened between the plates 0 C by pins 1, and reaching to the hammer-head G, which is provided on its bottom side with a recess, 0 and fits over the top end of the center bar, I. The dabs to be welded onto the legs of the pedestals are placed between the bushing H" and the die H", and the hammer-head 0 being set in motion strikes the dab by means of the center bar, I, and forges the same to the leg of the pedestal, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The pin H is then withdrawn, and the bushing H removed, and also the center bar, I, from the plates 0 O by any suitable means, and the leg of the pedestal, being heated over the furnace E, is swung by the davit F to the hammer-head O, and placed between the plates 0 G and against die H. The pin H and the bushing H being again replaced hold the leg in position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. The pedestal of the locomotive-frame to which the leg is to be welded has been treated under the hammer with the bushing H and the die H", to form the desired shape for the lower end of the leg, and the frame, having been heated over the fire on the main furnace E, is swung by the crane G to the anvil D, and the heated leg set in position on the frame, as shown ii; Fig. 4. The hammerhead B, being set in motion, strikes the top end of the leg and forges the same to the pedestal of the locomotive-frame, the bushing H the die H and the side plates, 0 O, acting as guides for the leg. The outer plate 0 is provided on its lower end with a steel cutter, K, adjustable in the plate 0 by the set-screw K, which cutter K,when the hammer-head B is moved up and down, assists in welding and cuts the sides to the proper size of the pedestals of the locomo, tive-frame. As soon as the leg is welded to the pedestal, the pin H and bushing H are again removed, so that the leg can be withdrawn from the plates 0 O. The braces for the locomotive-frames are forged by an ordinary die, J, placed with its shank J between the steel pins H and H and fastened by a steel pin, J The anvil, being adjustable by means of bolt and nut D and slotD is moved backward, so as to bring the horn D of the anvil D directly under the die J, to weld the braces to, the frame. The braces are heated with the. main frame over the furnace E, which is provided with two fires.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pa en 1. In a steam-hammer for welding locomo= tive-franies, the hammer-head 0, having a re cess, O and provided with the side plates, 0 O, the pins H and H, the bushing H, the die H, fastened by the pin H and the center bar,

substantially as shown and described.

2 In a steam-ham mer for welding'locomotive-frames, the hammerhead 0, having a recess, O and provided with the side plates, 0 O, the pins H and H, thebushing H and the die H fastened by the pin H substantially as shown and described.

8. In a steam-hammer for welding locomotive-frames, the combination of the hammerhead G, having the recess 0 and provided with the side plates, 0 O, the pins H and H, the bushing H the die H fastened by the pin H and the steel cutter K, substantially asshown and described.

4. In a steam-hammer for welding locomotive-frames, a hammer-head consisting of the side plates, 0 O, and the removable pinsH H, and the intermediate removable pin, J all passed through apertures in the lower ends of said plates,whereby the series of interchangfi able dies may be used and the parts, of the 1o; coInotive-frame be held and guided between said plates, substantially as set forth.

5. The co bination, wit the Side plates, 0 G, and the removable pins H H, connecting the lower-ends of said plates, of the remoyable bushing H" on th pin a d the removable die H on the pin H, a space beingleftbetween the said pins, for the purpose set forth.

6- 'lhe c na iomw th s de p ates, 9! 0, havingtw p ed dies mounted between their lower ends, of the cutter K, removably e ur d t he ower ge of n o he sa pla s,b.elow the diess bsta tial y a se f r h.

JOHN R. JAlWIJlS.v

Vitnesses:

J OHN R. J MEs, Jr., FRANCIS S. E wARD 

